Farman F.400

what is it?

The Farman F 400 was a 1930s French three-seat cabin high-winged monoplane which was designed and built by Farman.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 194 km/htop speed
• range 1,000 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 2passengers
• size 1,150 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1934

number built

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role

three-seat cabin monoplane

makers

Farman Aviation Works

engines

1× Lorraine 5Pb

crew

1

passengers

2

length

8.3 m

wingspan

11.7 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

1,150 kg

top speed

194 km/h

cruise speed

170 km/h

range

1,000 km

ceiling

4,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.